>>> Item number 25652 from WRITERS LOG9402B --- (669 records) ---- <<< Date: Thu, 10 Feb 1994 18:35:02 JST Reply-To: WRITERS Sender: WRITERS From: Mike Barker Subject: TECH: Bunch of Market Addresses Extracted from 1993 Novel & Short Story Writer's Market Markets: Literary and Small Circulation Magazines Mainstream, Contemporary, Literary, Experimental - with PAY! Listed in Approximate Highest Pay to Lowest pay by page follows - not sure how to convert Magazine: GRAND STREET Editor: Jean Stein Address: 131 Varick St., #906 New York, NY 10013 Needs: First Rate fiction (mostly agented!) Length: 1,000-9,000 words Pays: $250-1,200 Reading Time: 6 weeks Magazine: STORY Editor: Lois Rosenthal Address: F&W Publications 1507 Dana Ave. Cincinnati, OH 45207 Needs: literary, mainstream (no genre) Length: 1,000-8,000 words (hard market - 50% agented) Pays: $250 Reading Time: unknown Magazine: THE THREEPENNY REVIEW Editor: Wendy Lesser Address: P.O. Box 9131 Berkeley, CA 94709 Needs: literary Length: up to 5,000 words Pays: $200 (HARD MARKET - 5,000 mss/year - buys 12...) Reading Time: 2 months Magazine: SNAKE NATION REVIEW Fiction Editor: Janice Daugharty Address: Snake Nation Press, Inc., 110 West Force St. #2 Valdosta, GA 31601 Needs: stories.. interesting, unique voice Length: 300-5,500 (3,500 avg) Pays: $100 Reading Time: 3 months Magazine: THE SUN Editor: Sy Safransky Address: 107 N. Roberson St. Chapel Hill, NC 27516 Needs: fiction - make sense and enrich our common space Length: up to 10,000 words Pays: $100 Reading Time: 3 months Magazine: TRIQUARTERLY Fiction Editors: Reginald Gibbons and Susan Hahn Address: Northwestern University 2020 Ridge Ave. Evanston, IL 60208 Needs: literary, contemporary (NO GENRE) Length: open (HARD MARKET - 6000 mss/year, 30 bought) Pays: $100-500 Reading Time: 4 months (NO READ MAY-SEPT) Magazine: SAN GABRIEL VALLEY MAGAZINE Editor: Joseph Miller Address: 2908 W. Valley Blvd. Alhambra, CA 91803 Needs: contemporary, adventure, humor - regional Length: 500-2,500 words Pays: 5 cents/word Reading Time: 2 weeks Magazine: BYLINE (CONTEST PRESS! FEES!) Editor-in-Chief: Marcia Preston Address: Box 130596 Edmond, OK 73013 Needs: Lit, genre, and general - well-written, professional Length: 1,000-4,000 Pays: $50 Reading Time: 6 weeks Magazine: CIMARRON REVIEW Editor: Gordon Weaver Address: Oklahoma State University 205 Morrill Stillwater, OK 74078-0135 Needs: literary/contemporary - individual style focused on contemporary themes Length: unknown Pays: $50 Reading Time: 2 months Magazine: CLOCKWATCH REVIEW, A Journal of the Arts Editor: James Plath Address: Dept. of English Illinois Wesleyan University Bloomington, IL 61702 Needs: comtemporary - characters with meat, natural plots Length: 1,200-4,000 words Pays: $50 Reading Time: 2 months Magazine: LIGHTHOUSE Editor: Tim Clinton Address: Box 1377 Auburn, WA 98071-1377 Needs: timeless stories for family reading - G rated! Length: up to 5,000 Pays: up to $50 Reading Time: 3 months Magazine: THE MASSACHUSETTS REVIEW Editors: Mary Heath, Jules Chametzky, and Paul Jenkins Address: Memorial Hall, University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA 01002 Needs: short stories Length: up to 28 pages Pays: $50 max Reading Time: 2 months (NO READING JUNE-SEPT) Magazine: MID-AMERICAN REVIEW Fiction Editor: Ellen Behrans Address: Department of English, Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, OH 43403 Needs: literary Length: open Pays: $7/page up to $50 Reading Time: 3 months (NO READING JUNE-AUG) Magazine: PLOUGHSHARES Executive Director: DeWitt Henry Address: Emerson College, 100 Beacon St. Boston, MA 02116 Needs: Literary (hard market) - no commercial fiction Length: 300-6,000 words Pays: $10/page to $50 Reading Time: 5 months Magazine: THE SEATTLE REVIEW Fiction Editor: Charles Johnson Address: Padelford Hall GN-30 University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195 Needs: contemporary etc. Length: 500-10,000 (avg. 3,500) Pays: 0-$100 Reading Time: 3 months Magazine: ZYZZYVA, The Last Word: West Coast Writers and Artists Editor: Howard Junker Address: Suite 1400, 41 Sutter St. San Francisco, CA 94104 Needs: contemporary, experimental, literary, prose poem Length: unknown Pays: $50-250 Reading Time: 2 weeks Magazine: PSI Editor: A.P. Samuels Address: 1377 K Street NW, Suite 856 Washington, DC 20005 Needs: romance, mystery, western (GENERAL AUDIENCE) Length: 10,000 words avg. (8,000-9,000 minimum!) Pays: 1-4 cents/word Reading Time: 1 month Magazine: THE SHORT STORY DIGEST (DEAD!!!) Editor: Jack T. Hess Address: Box 1183 Richardson, TX 75083 Needs: contemporary, mainstream, genre (NO S&S) Length: 500-3,000 (1,500-2,000 preferred) Pays: 1 cent/word Reading Time: 10 weeks Magazine: THE POST Editor: A.P. Samuels Address: 1377 K Street NW, Suite 856 Washington, DC 20005 Needs: adventure, mystery, romance, western Length: 10,000 word avg. Pays: 0.5-4 cents/word Reading Time: 5 weeks Magazine: the new renaissance Fiction Editors: Louise T. Reynolds, Harry Jackel, and Patricia Michaud Address: 9 Heath Rd. Arlington, MA 02174 Needs: literary, quality Length: 3-36 pages Pays: $40-80 Reading Time: 8 months Magazine: AMELIA (CONTEST PRESS! FEES!) Editor-in-Chief: Frederick A. Raborg, Jr. Address: 329 E. Street Bakersfield, CA 93304 Needs: Anything - strong story, depth of plot, uniqueness Length: up to 8,000 words Pays: $35-50 Reading Time: 3 months Magazine: Hawaii Review Editor: Jeanne Tsutsui Address: University of Hawaii English Dept. 1733 Donaghho Rd. Honolulu, HI 96822 Needs: contemporary/literary - cultural diversity Length: up to 8,000 words Pays: $35-70 Reading Time: 4 months Magazine: BERN PORTER INTERNATIONAL Editor: Bern Porter Address: Bern Porter Books 22 Salmond St. Belfast, ME 04915 Needs: literary with international flavor Length: open Pays: 6 cents/word (100 mss - 10-15 bought) Reading Time: Query first. 1 week. Magazine: THE HEARTLANDS TODAY Editors: Larry Smith and Nancy Dunham Address: The Firelands Writing Center Firelands College of BGSU Huron OH 44839 Needs: regional (MIDWEST?) literary/mainstream Length: up to 4,500 words Pays: $20-25 Reading Time: 1 month Magazine: LOUISIANA LITERATURE, A Review of Literature and Humanities Editor: David Hanson Address: Southeastern Louisiana University, Box 792 Hammond, LA 70402 Needs: literary/mainstream Length: 1,000-6,000 words Pays: $25 Reading Time: 2 months Magazine: THE NEW PRESS LITERARY QUARTERLY Publisher: Bob Abramson Address: 53-35 Hollis Court Blvd. Flushing, NY 11365 Needs: open Length: 100-4,000 words Pays: $25 Reading Time: 2 months Magazine: PARTISAN REVIEW Editor: William Phillips Address: 236 Bay State Rd. Boston, MA 02215 Needs: contemporary, experimental, literary Length: shorts, any Pays: $25-200 Reading Time: 4 months Magazine: THEMA Editor: Virginia Howard Address: Box 74109 Metairie, LA 70033-4109 Needs: contemporary, literary, mainstream, genres (aug - stranger; nov - mirror) Length: up to 6,000 words Pays: $25 Reading Time: 10 weeks after theme deadline - QUERY FOR THEMES! Magazine: SPECTRUM Editor: Robert H. Goepfert Address: Anna Maria College, Box 72-C Sunset Lane Paxton, MA 01612 Needs: contemporary, literary, mainstream Length: 2,000-10,000 (pref 5,000; avg. 3,000) Pays: $20 Reading Time: 6 weeks Magazine: CAROLINA QUARTERLY Editor-in-Chief: Amber Vogel Address: Greenlaw Hall CB #3520 University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3520 Needs: literary? Length: up to 7,000 words Pays: $15 Reading Time: 4 months Magazine: QUARTERLY WEST Fiction Editor: Lee Mortenson Address: University of Utah, 317 Olpin Union Salt Lake City UT 84112 Needs: literary, contemporary (clear, unified story w/o tricks or gimmicks) Length: open (pref. longer) Pays: $15-300 Reading Time: 2 months Magazine: THE WOLSKE'S BAY STAR Editor: Francis Nied Address: THe Corporation for Public Newspapers Rt. 1 Box 186-A Caledonia, MN 55921-9801 Needs: open - truth in fiction, example for reader Length: open Pays: $15 Reading Time: 13 weeks (NOTE: irregular pub...) Magazine: THE WORMWOOD REVIEW Editor: Marvin Malone Address: P.O. Box 4698 Stockton, CA 95204 Needs: prose poem - literary Length: 300 preferred; up to 1,000 words Pays: $12-140 or equivalent in copies... Reading Time: 2 months (2000 mss/quarter - buys 40) Magazine: CONFRONTATION Editor: Martin Tucker Address: C.W. Post of Long Island University English Dept. Greenvale, NY 11548 Needs: literary/contemporary Length: 500-4,000 words Pays: $10-100 Reading Time: 2 months Magazine: Catalyst, A Magazine of Heart and Mind Editor: Pearl Cleage Address: 34 Forsyth St. SW, #400 Atlanta, GA 30303-3700 Needs: Open Length: up to 3,000 words Pays: $10-200 Reading Time: QUERY FIRST - 1 week; 6 months on mss Magazine: CICADA Editor: Frederick A. Raborg, Jr Address: 329 "E" St. Bakersfield CA 93304 Needs: ORIENTAL SLANT! strong fiction Length: 500-3,000 words Pays: $10-25 Reading Time: 3 months Magazine: THE MONOCACY VALLEY REVIEW Editor: William Heath Address: Mr. St. Mary's College Emmitsburg, MD 21727 Needs: contemporary/literary/mainstream - realistic fiction dramatizes things that matter Length: 0-10,000 words (pref. 3-4) Pays: $10-25 Reading Time: 4 months (NO READING MARCH, OCTOBER) Magazine: THE RAVEN CHRONICLES Fiction Editor: Kathleen Alcala Address: P.O. Box 95918 Seattle, WA 98145 Needs: multicultural, literary - clean, direct, from the heart Length: up to 2,500 Pays: $10-25 Reading Time: 6 months Magazine: SHORT STORY STUFF FOR GROWN-UPS Editor: Donna Bowman Address: P.O. Box 7057 Loveland, CO 80537 Needs: contemp, main, genres Length: 1,000-1,500 Pays: $10-50 Reading Time: 3 months Magazine: TAMAQUA Fiction Editor: Marci Dodds Address: C120, Humanities Dept. Parkland College Champagne, IL 61821 Needs: literary, contemporary Length: up to 10,000 words Pays: $10-50 Reading Time: 8 weeks Magazine: THE VINCENT BROTHERS REVIEW Editor: Kimberly Willardson Address: 4566 Northern Circle Mad River Twp. Dayton, OH 45424 Needs: contemporary, experimental, mainstream, genre (THEMES!) Length: 300-3,500 words (avg. 2,500) Pays: $10 minimum Reading Time: 8 months Magazine: LINES IN THE SAND Editor: Nina Z. Sanders Address: LeSand Publications 890 Southgate Ave. Daly City, CA 94015 Needs: well-written, entertaining, suitable for all ages Length: 250-2,500 words Pays: $3-10 Reading Time: 6 months Magazine: WRITER'S OPEN FORUM Editor: Sandra E. Haven Address: P.O. Box 516 Tracyton, WA 98393 Needs: mainstream, contemporary, genre NO SEX, VIOLENCE, SLICE OF LIFE, EXPERIMENTAL Length: 100-2,000 words Pays: $5 Reading Time: 2 months Magazine: URBANUS/RAIZIRR Editors: Peter Drizhal, Cameron Bamberger Address: P.O. Box 192561 San Francisco, CA 94119-2561 Needs: experimental, contemporary Nothing that would suit Mainstream Length: up to 5,000 words Pays: 0.25 cents/word Reading Time: 8 weeks Magazine: THE AMARANTH REVIEW Editor: Dana L. Yost Address: P.O. Box 56235 Phoenix, AZ 85079 Needs: Literary - Fiction which takes some risks Length: up to 10,000 words Pays: cash Reading Time: 1 month Magazine: THE PARIS REVIEW Fiction Editor Address: 541 E. 72nd St. New York, NY 10021 Needs: Literary (tough market) Length: open Pays: cash Reading Time: ??? Magazine: THE GEORGIA REVIEW Editor-in-Chief: Stanley W. Lindberg Address: The University of Georgia Athens, GA 30602-9009 Needs: experimental/literary Length: open Pays: $35/printed page Reading Time: 3 months (NO READING JUNE-AUGUST!) Magazine: THE GETTYSBURG REVIEW Editor: Peter Stitt Address: Gettysburg College Gettysburg, PA 17325 Needs: contemporary/literary Length: 1,000-20,000 words (3,000 avg) Pays: $25/printed page Reading Time: 6 months Magazine: THE MISSOURI REVIEW Editors: Speer Morgan and Greg Michalson Address: 1507 Hillcrest Hall, University of Missouri Columbus, MO 65211 Needs: literary/contemporary Length: open Pays: $20/page Reading Time: 10 weeks Magazine: THE SOUTHERN REVIEW Editors: James Olney and Dave Smith Address: Louisiana State University 43 Allen Hall Baton Rouge, LA 70803 Needs: literary, contemporary (style and content!) Length: 2,000-10,000 words Pays: $12/page Reading Time: 2 monts Magazine: THE IOWA REVIEW Editor: David Hamilton Address: University of Iowa, 308 EPB Iowa City, IA 52242 Needs: contemporary Length: unknown Pays: $10/page Reading Time: 4 months Magazine: THE KENYON REVIEW Editor: Marilyn Hacker Address: Kenyon College Gambier OH 43022 Needs: contemporary/literary Length: 3-15 pages Pays: $10/page Reading Time: 3 months (NO READING APRIL-AUGUST!) Magazine: NEW ENGLAND REVIEW Editors: T.R. Hummer, Devon Jersild Address: Middlebury College Middlebury, VT 05753 Needs: literary Length: unknown Pays: $10/page Reading Time: 10 weeks Magazine: NEW VIRGINIA REVIEW Editor: Mary Flinn Address: 1306 Easy Cary St. 2A Richmond, VA 23219 Needs: contemporary/literary Length: 0-8,000 (avg. 5-6) Pays: $10/page Reading Time: 6 months Magazine: TAMPA REVIEW Fiction Editor: Andy Solomon Address: 401 W. Kennedy Blvd. Box 19F University of Tampa Tampa, FL 33606-1490 Needs: contemporary, literary, mainstream - genuinely moving, human truth Length: 1,000-6,000 words (hard market - 60% agented) Pays: $10/page Reading Time: reads sept-dec; reports jan-march Magazine: MICHIGAN QUARTERLY REVIEW Editor: Laurence Goldstein Address: University of Michigan, 3032 Rackham Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1070 Needs: literary Length: 1,500-7,000 words Pays: $8-10/page Reading Time: ??? Magazine: RIVER STYX Editor: Lee Fournier Address: Big River Association 14 S. Euclid St. Louis, MO 63108 Needs: contemporary, literary, mainstream responsible, controlled narrative Length: shorts, up to 30 pages Pays: $8/page Reading Time: READS ONLY SEPT and OCTOBER Magazine: HIGH PLAINS LITERARY REVIEW Editor-in-Chief: Robert O. Greer, Jr. Address: 180 Adams Street Suite 250 Denver, CO 80206 Needs: serious fiction - regional Length: 1,500-8,000 words (prefer 3-6) Pays: $5/page Reading Time: 6 weeks Magazine: INDIANA REVIEW Fiction Editor Address: 316 N. Jordan Ave. Indiana University Bloomington, IN 47405 Needs: literary/contemporary - innovation, logic, unity, social context Length: 1-35 pages Pays: $5/page Reading Time: 3 months Magazine: NIMROD, International Journal of Prose and Poetry Editor-in-Chief: Francine Ringold Address: Arts & Humanities Council of Tulsa 2210 S. Main Tulsa, OK 74114 Needs: contemporary open Length: up to 7,500 word Pays: $5/page up to $25 Reading Time: 3 months Magazine: THE OHIO REVIEW Editor: Wayne Dodd Address: 209C Ellis Hall, Ohio University Athens, OH 45701-2979 Needs: contemporary, literary Length: unknown Pays: $5/page Reading Time: 6 weeks NO READING JUNE-AUG Magazine: PIG IRON Editor: Jim Villani Address: Box 237 Youngstown, OH 44501 Needs: literary (no mainstream) - psychological development, new idea, plot, set Length: unknown Pays: $5/page Reading Time: 3 months